National Programme of Clinical Audit and Confidential Enquiries
The Department of Health (Contracting Authority) is to enter into a full re-tender of its management contract for National Clinical Audit and Patient Outcomes Programmes (NCAPOP) and Clinical Outcome Review Programmes (CORP), which ends on 31.3.2013.
UK-London: health services
2012/S 140-234173
Contract notice
Services
Directive 2004/18/EC
Section I: Contracting authority
Department of Health
Skipton House, 80 London Road
Contact point(s): Department of Health
For the attention of: Karl Walters
SE1 6LH London
UNITED KINGDOM
E-mail: karl.walters@dh.gsi.gov.uk
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Aboutus/Procurementandproposals/BMS/index.htm
Further information can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)
Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: The above mentioned contact point(s)
Section II: Object of the contract
Service category No 25: Health and social services
NUTS code UKC,UKD,UKE,UKF,UKG,UKH,UKI,UKJ,UKK
This programme of work includes the procurement and management of the National Clinical Audit and Patient Outcomes Programme (NCAPOP) and four National Confidential Enquiries as well as centrally led activities to promote and support national and local clinical audit participation and evaluation of services in the NHS.
An emerging aspect of this programme is the engagement, development and promotion of audit in social care settings.
Small to Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are encouraged to bid for this service.
85100000, 85121200, 85140000, 85148000
Tenders may be submitted for all lots
Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 1 200 000,00 and 2 200 000,00 GBP
Description of these options: Up to 2 additional years.
Provisional timetable for recourse to these options:
in months: 36 (from the award of the contract)
Information about lots
Lot No: 1 Lot title: Providing local support for clinical audit in the health and social care sector.
Building on existing materials the contractor will provide information on the availability of up-to-date materials and resources to support staff carrying out local and national audit in trusts and with other organisations providing NHS care, for example GP practices. Where appropriate and adequate material or services are not available, the contractor will provide or commission new material.
The contractor will consider ways to engage with and support those who run local audits and who supply data to national audits. The contractor will also consider the need for training resources to support those commissioning and taking part in clinical audit.
85100000, 85121200, 85140000, 85148000
Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 600 000,00 and 1 000 000,00 GBP
Audits (NCAs) must be accurate, rigorous and relevant to the needs of clinicians, patients, managers and commissioners. How the programme of NCA and confidential enquiries is commissioned and contract-managed is vital to ensuring that high quality NCAs and confidential enquiries are delivered.
To achieve this, the contractor will need to have expertise in both clinical audit methodology and public procurement. The Department of Health may in the future undertake some form of NCA, adapted for use in social care settings. This lot will include the management and procurement of up to 40 contracts in the National.
Clinical Audit and Patient Outcomes Programme (NCAPOP) and 4 National Confidential Enquiries contracts in the Clinical Outcome Review Programme. The contractor will also be responsible for improving the quality, reviewing output and generally supporting the development of National Clinical Audits and Enquiries.
The contractor will need to show strong leadership in presenting a clear description of national clinical audit and how it relates to other quality improvement initiatives. It will also need to communicate effectively in order to present recent finding and publish reports as well as handle press releases and media enquiries.
The contractor should be knowledgeable about Information Governance requirements and able to fulfil them in terms of their internal processes and outsourcing of the data processing aspects. The contractor, as data controller, will ensure that data handling of audits and confidential enquiries are fully compliant with the Data Protection Act 1998.
85100000, 85121200, 85140000, 85148000
Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 600 000,00 and 1 200 000,00 GBP
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: See the invitation to tender for further details.
See the invitation to tender for further details.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required:
See the invitation to tender for further details.
Section IV: Procedure
Prior information notice
Notice number in the OJEU: 2012/S 108-179655 of 6.6.2012
Payable documents: no
Other: English.
Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: no
Section VI: Complementary information
The Department of Health reserves the right to discontinue the tendering process and not to award the contract.
The Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (SI 2006/246) may apply to this procurement. Please note that potential suppliers will be required to sign and return a Non disclosure agreement to be furnished with this information. Potential suppliers will need to contact the Authority through its BMS system (after registration) to request this agreement, then complete and return.
Transparency.
Potential suppliers should note that, in accordance with the Government’s policies on transparency, the.
Department of Health intends to publish the tender documentation, and the Contract awarded, subject to possible redactions at the discretion of the Department of Health. The terms of the proposed Contract will also permit a public sector contracting authority, awarding a contract under this Contract, to publish the text of that contract, subject to possible redactions at the discretion of the contracting authority. Further information on transparency can be found at: http://www.ogc.gov.uk/policy_and_standards_framework_transparency.asp
This procurement exercise will be conducted on the DH eTendering portal at http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Aboutus/Procurementandproposals/BMS/index.htm.
We call this system BMS (Business Management System).
Potential suppliers wishing to be considered for this contract must register their Expression of Interest and download and complete the Open Tender Documentation through the DH eTendering portal (BMS).
Registration is a simple one-step process;
The supplier must register as a company/organisation; then each employee who may undertake a tendering exercise must then register as an individual. Once this stage is completed, it is then possible to register expression of interest for this tender.
Note: Standard BMS functionality will only acknowledge one recipient per supplier for each individual tender. If you require the tender to be seen by multiple users we suggest using a centralised e-mail address (dhtenders@example.com).
Log on instructions are as follows:
Stage 1 – New suppliers.
Those who have not previously contracted with DH will first need to ensure that their company details are registered in the system.
a) Go to the link above
b) Click on ‘New Supplier’
c) Complete and send the details in the automated e-mail that appears
d) Within 3 working days, you will receive an e-mail with your login information; a unique username and password.
Note: Standard BMS functionality requires the registered e-mail address to function as individual’s username.
Post Registration.
Once registered, candidates must express interest as follows.
a) Go to the link above
b) Select ‘Login into e-Tendering System’
c) Select sourcing home page and enter Expression of Interest number [xxxxx] in search field provided.
d) Select radio button and click on quick link to express interest, review documentation and upload your response.
e) You must then publish your reply using the publish button.
For any support in submitting your Open Tender Documentation please contact the eTendering Help-desk at +44 1132545777.
This helpdesk is available 9:00am to 4:00pm, Monday to Friday.
Please Note: Registration on the DH secure portal is not entering onto a preferred supplier list. Registration is solely to be able to interact with the Department electronically.
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VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:20.7.2012